Essays about: "Maria Powers"

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  1. 1. Implications of Populism on the European Union Immigration Legislation : Evidence from the Legislation adopted and implemented during the Eighth European Parliament (2014-2019)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : María Belén Silva Campos; [2022]
    Keywords : Populist radical right parties; European Parliament; immigration; legislation; refugee crisis.;

    Abstract : Populism is a phenomenon that impacts not only nation-states and their institutions but also the institutions of international-supranational organizations. This is the case of the European Union, where populist radical right parties (PRRPs) – the most predominant type of populism in Europe – reached the Parliament in 1984, consolidated in 2014, and have since then participated in the debates about the European legislation. READ MORE

  2. 2. The National Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy: A Policy Instrument Approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Ricksten; [2020]
    Keywords : European Social Fund; cohesion policy implementation; policy instruments; gender mainstreaming; public administration; Europeanization; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The EU cohesion policy is a key policy area of the Union which aims for sustainable development and socioeconomic growth in the regions of the Member States. However, in the current structure of the multi-level governance system, the EU is much reliant on the capacity of the national public administrations to execute and implement the cohesion policy and thereby achieve the intended EU policy objectives of regional development and socioeconomic growth. READ MORE

  3. 3. Biomechanical Simulations of a Flywheel Exercise Device in Microgravity

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Maria Jönsson; Malin Boije; [2015]
    Keywords : FWED; Flywheel Exercise Device; Microgravity; Biomechanical Simulation; Countermeasure Exercise; Resistance Training; Motion Capture; AnyBody Modeling System; Leg Press; Squat; FWED; Svänghjulsbaserad träningsutrustning; Tyngdlöshet; Biomekanisk simulering; Motverkande träning; Styrketräning; Motion Capture; AnyBody Modeling System; Benpress; Benböj;

    Abstract : Bone loss and muscle atrophy are two main physiological conditions affecting astronauts while being in space. In order to counteract the effects, at least two hours of aerobic and resistant countermeasure exercise is scheduled into their working day, seven days a week. READ MORE

  4. 4. INDIGENOUS FEMALE YOUTH IN COLOMBIA - Resisting the Powers of Internal Armed Conflict

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Maria Andersson; Rebecca Summerton; [2013-06-25]
    Keywords : Internal Armed Conflict; Colombia; Indigenous Female Youth; Vulnerability; Resistance;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the vulnerabilities of indigenous female youth in the Colombian region of Vaupés are expressed in terms of intersections of ethnicity, class, age and gender, ways in which these youth exert resistance to the power structures within the internal armed conflict, and how these youth experience their life situations. This qualitative research is based on multi-sighted ethnographic approaches entailing numerous data collection sources. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Rise of the Underworld - Felines, Mythology and Psychology in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Bylund; [2013-03-20]
    Keywords : cats; myth; Hel; Odin; Bast; Paranoia; superstition;

    Abstract : The narrator in The Black Cat tells the story which leads him to the gallows. The unreliable tale depictures the morbid details of violence and murder, hauntings and terror. At the centre of the story is the cat which suffers from the narrator’s paranoia and alcohol abuse. READ MORE